{"id":40698,"date":"2023-08-17T00:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T04:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40698"},"modified":"2023-08-19T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T00:12:09","slug":"five-great-minority-movie-heroes-part-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/17\/five-great-minority-movie-heroes-part-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Great Minority Movie Heroes, Part VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This Friday sees the release of \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d one of DC Comics\u2019 most popular teen superheroes who\u2019s garnered much acclaim and fandom over the years. The new vision of the classic DC Comics hero spotlights Jaime Reyes, a young latino teen given an alien technology which grants him a super powered body of armor that allows him to become a powerful superhero. With a great cast, and what looks like excellent action, I\u2019m hoping \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d garners as much success as 2023\u2019s \u201cSpider-Verse\u201d movie. In either case, in anticipation here is the seventh edition of our \u201cMinority Movie Heroes<\/a>\u201d series.<\/p>\n

These are five more minority movie heroes we loved.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Spider Punk: Hobie Brown \u2013 The Spider-Man Spider-Verse Movie Series
\n<\/strong>I love Hobie Brown. He\u2019s easily my favorite character of any movie released in 2023. Stan Lee encouraged the idea that anyone<\/em><\/strong> could be Spider-Man and if I were ever a Spider-Man, I\u2019d want Hobie Brown to be my mentor. Not only does he go to bat for Miles Morales in \u201cAcross the Spider-Verse,\u201d but he openly disagrees with Spider-Man 2099 about his punishment of Miles. He also aides him in breaking out of prison, and refuses to hunt him down when the Spider-people pursue him. To make things even better he assembles with Spider-Gwen in the finale to go out and rescue Miles once and for all. He\u2019s a righteous, principled, bad ass son of a bitch.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Marvel Family \u2013 DCEU\u2019s Shazam! Movie Series
\n<\/strong>\u201cThe Marvel Family\u201d were always a one toned group of heroes in the original comics, but in the movies they\u2019re given a much more diverse cast of caped crusaders, led by Billy Batson, the original Shazam. There\u2019s Freddy Freeman, Grace Bromfield, Eugene Choi, Pedro Pe\u0148a, and of course the youngest, Darla Dudley. They all garner their own unique personas and particular powers that make them stand out from leader Shazam. While they\u2019re played as somewhat of a joke in \u201cFury of the Gods\u201d (disappointing), in the first \u201cShazam\u201d they\u2019re pretty much a fun, competent group of aspiring superheroes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Meteor Man\/Jefferson Reed – Meteor Man (1993)
\n<\/strong>Meteor Man was big when I was a kid and Robert Townsend\u2019s superhero movie has aged pretty well. As Jefferson Reed, he\u2019s the definition of a normal middle aged man who is trying to do something about the conditions of his city. With the help of the stray meteor that endows him with the powers of a near god-like superhero, he tries to make as many changes as he can. Reed is a fun superhero whose intentions are pure, even if \u201cMeteor Man\u201d the movie never really digs deeper in to societal issues. In any case, I\u2019m glad Marvel somewhat acknowledged him as a canonical part of their universe in the 90\u2019s. I\u2019d love to see him return someday.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Rio Morales \u2013 The Spider-Man Spider-Verse Series Movie Series
\n<\/strong>Behind every superhero there\u2019s a good woman, and Rio Morales is no exception. Although she\u2019s not a superhero per se, Rio Morales is a nurse (that\u2019s close to being a superhero in my eyes), and the mother of Miles Morales. She\u2019s a loyal, strong, and powerful Puerto Rican mom who does everything she can to steer her son in the right direction. She\u2019s not only a wonderful mother, but a good wife who sticks by her husband Jefferson Davis and is never afraid to lay down the law. She\u2019s a lot more prominent in \u201cAcross the Spider-Verse\u201d playing bigger role in not just the evolution of Miles but as Spider-Man. I am interested to see how she fares in the third film in the series.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Senator Bail Organa \u2013 Star Wars
\n<\/strong>Bail Organa spent a lot of the \u201cStar Wars\u201d prequels doing his best to fight against Senator Palpatine and prevent him seizing the government to build the Empire. Sadly with his manipulation and help of Anakin Skywalker, Palpatine rose to power while Organ could only watch. However he did do his part in helping Yoda try to stop Palpatine, and help keep the Jedi in tact. He\u2019s often seen as a confidant of Master Yoda, even helping him escape when he\u2019s beaten by Palpatine in \u201cRevenge of the Sith.\u201d Adding even more significance to his role in the series, he volunteers to adopt Leia Skywalker and raise her as his own daughter, thus paving her destiny in the Skywalker story line we\u2019d see in Episodes IV through VI.<\/p>\n